Brother’s MFC-290C is an affordable color inkjet all-in-one that lets you print, copy, scan and fax with ease. An attractive design and compact footprint make it ideal for home and home office environments where space is at a premium. However, its compact size doesn’t mean sacrificing performance or features. It offers a variety of features designed to help enhance the way you work. These include a convenient automatic document feeder, built-in media card slots, a USB Direct / PictBridge interface for direct photo printing and 4 separate ink cartridge system.
The MFC-290C also comes with a range of other useful features, including: up to 30ppm black/25ppm color print speeds, a versatile flatbed design, up to 100 sheet paper capacity and up to 6000x1200▼dpi print resolution. Plus, the MFC-290C offers excellent fax and scanning capabilities.
Convenient auto document feeder lets you fax, copy or scan documents unattended. The auto document feeder accepts up to 15 sheets of letter or legal size paper. |
Built-in media card slots and USB Direct / PictBridge interface for direct photo printing - This handy feature allows you to print JPEG photos directly from media cards, PictBridge enabled cameras or USB flash drives†. Print photos on demand, with or without a PC, from the convenience of your home or office. |
Fast Printing Improve productivity with fast print speeds - When getting things printed quickly is critical, the MFC-290C can print at up to 30ppm in black and 25ppm in color*.
Versatile flatbed design The flatbed design allows you to scan and copy bound documents, non-standard paper sizes or anything too thick for the automatic document feeder.
Up to 100 sheet paper capacity The larger the paper capacity, the less frequently you need to refill the paper tray.
High quality printing at up to 6000x1200 dpi▼ The MFC-290C delivers exceptional output at up to 6000 x 1200 dpi▼ resolution. Print professional, borderless photos with droplet size as small as 1.5 picoliter, using True2Life® technology. Smaller droplet size ensures your documents or photos have finer details and more realistic skin tones. Print professional quality photos in your home or office when you want.
The MFC-290C also offers high-resolution scanning up to 19,200 dpi interpolated. Faxes can be sent or received in either black and white or color using the built-in 14.4K bps fax modem. Also, the auto fax / telephone switch feature means you can use your fax and phone on the same line.
Easy to maintain, front loading 4 cartridge ink system - Unlike some competitive models in the market, you only need to change the color that needs to be replaced. Plus, the front loading ink compartment design makes it easy to access and replace cartridges. |
Perfectly suited for your home/home office, the MFC-290C fax capabilities don’t require a separate phone line. Faxing, copying and direct printing from media cards, PictBridge-enabled cameras or a USB flash drive don’t even require that your PC be connected. All these features are available whether your computer is on or off, or even in the area. The MFC-290C PhotoCapture Center® is compatible with Compact Flash, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, Secure Digital, Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC), xD Picture Card and xD Picture Card TypeM/Type H media cards†. Features available directly from the control panel include photo enhancement, red eye removal, trimming, monochrome / sepia selection, direct scan to media cards, slide shows and photo search by date. The MFC-290C has Energy Star certification and a one year express exchange warranty.
Features / Benefits - Attractive, space-saving design, ideal for home or home office environments
- Provides print, scan, copy and fax functionality in one compact, low profile machine
- Auto document feeder up to 15 pages allows for unattended fax, copy or scanning
- Print photos on demand directly from media card slots or USB direct / PictBridge interface
- Front loading 4 cartridge ink system lets you change only the color that needs to be replaced. A front loading ink compartment makes it easier to replace ink cartridges.
- Improve productivity with fast 30ppm black / 25ppm color print speeds*
- Fax, copy and photo printing functions available even when your computer is turned off or in another location
- Rich, vibrant photo printing at resolutions of up to 6000 x 1200 dpi▼
What’s in the Box MFC-290c, LC61BK Black Starter Ink Cartridge□, LC61C Cyan Starter Ink Cartridge□, LC61M Magenta Starter Ink Cartridge□, LC61Y Yellow Starter Ink Cartridge□, Quick Setup and User’s Guides, telephone line cord, CD-ROMs include all related drivers and software for Windows® and Mac OS® ▼ Resolution are listed vertical by horizontal dpi.
* PPM speed excludes time to complete first page and will vary depending on a variety of factors.
See www.brother-usa.com/printspeed for details.
† Additional purchase required.
□Actual yield of starter cartridge will be approx. 65% of replacement LC61 series, due to ink system initialization process.
So far so good. Absolutely no paper jams for the past year of use. Very good quality for black prints. Color printing on the other hand, is very dull. Even the black comes out looking gray. Positive: * Quick and easy setup. Software included does quick and simple scanning. * Print time is decent for both color and black * Very sturdy construction * 4 separate print cartridges * Printer cleans itself * Auto feeder for copying multiple pages. (very useful while filing tax documents and making copies of it.) * Also, has an open door option for manual feed scanning. Negative: * Black prints comes out looking dark gray. Not as rich as it should be. * No USB cable provided (Like selling a car with no steering wheel) * Printer uses INK to clean itself. 2-3 times a month. Even when the printer is OFF. ??? * Color photo prints on regular paper comes out dull. Very dull. haven't tried printing on photo paper yet. * No envelope feed option on the paper tray. Very confusing at first, but after 2 attempts, I eventually figured it out. * No WIFI connection I still gave it a 4 because the majority of prints I do are black and white prints. (resumes, school work, labels, etc"). For Less than $100, you can't complain. Replacement cartrdiges are also very affordable. For Photo printing, LOOK ELSEWHERE! ---------------- UPDATE: After using the inks until they were near empty, the colors seem to be more brighter for some reason and the blacks now looks black. I guess it needs some breaking in time? Also, Printer will warn you that the cartridge are empty and must be replaced, even though there is a good amount of ink left. Enough for 30-50 more normal prints I would say. You can trick the printer into using it again just by removing the cartridge and reinserting them. Looks like the printer is set to a certain amount of prints for each cartridge and just tells you to replace a cartridge after a certain amout of prints. It doesn't actually know when the cartridges are empty. There is a small window on the cartrdiges to let you see how much ink is left.
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